Gates got what he deserved and has been exposed On Aug 1, 9:46 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > Or is it??? Bob Herbert seems to think it is all innocent > "yelling"... He ignores the common perception that calling someone > racist or sexist IS DEFAMATION... But then again one must have > official deny ability to remain Ideologically pure... Gates was > arrested for something worse than public swearing, public defamation > and insulting --- it is called public disorder... > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/opinion/01herbert.html?_r=1&ref=opi... > > >>> If Professor Gates ranted and raved at the cop who entered his home > >>> uninvited with a badge, a gun and an attitude, he didn’t rant and rave > >>> for long. The 911 call came in at about 12:45 on the afternoon of July 16 > >>> and, as The Times has reported, Mr. Gates was arrested, cuffed and about > >>> to be led off to jail by 12:51. > > The charge: angry while black. > > The president of the United States has suggested that we use this > flare-up as a “teachable moment,” but so far exactly the wrong lessons > are being drawn from it — especially for black people. The message > that has gone out to the public is that powerful African-American > leaders like Mr. Gates and President Obama will be very publicly > slapped down for speaking up and speaking out about police > misbehavior, and that the proper response if you think you are being > unfairly targeted by the police because of your race is to chill. > > I have nothing but contempt for that message. > > Mr. Gates is a friend, and I was selected some months ago to receive > an award from an institute that he runs at Harvard. I made no attempt > to speak to him while researching this column. > > The very first lesson that should be drawn from the encounter between > Mr. Gates and the arresting officer, Sgt. James Crowley, is that > Professor Gates did absolutely nothing wrong. He did not swear at the > officer or threaten him. He was never a danger to anyone. At worst, if > you believe the police report, he yelled at Sergeant Crowley. He > demanded to know if he was being treated the way he was being treated > because he was black. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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